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The competition was *tough* and the panelists had an absolute blast! SO MAY I INTRODUCE, THE INKMARK 2026 FINALISTS! inkfoundry.net/inkmark-2026/

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Neon Hemlock

@neonhemlock.bsky.social

Hype to see @bafflingmag.bsky.social in such great company amidst these finalists 🪶

InkFoundry@inkfoundry.bsky.social

The competition was *tough* and the panelists had an absolute blast! SO MAY I INTRODUCE, THE INKMARK 2026 FINALISTS! inkfoundry.net/inkmark-2026/

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Pauline Barmby

@pbarmby.bsky.social

Hey look at that, not one but two @fusionfragment.bsky.social story finalists!

InkFoundry@inkfoundry.bsky.social

The competition was *tough* and the panelists had an absolute blast! SO MAY I INTRODUCE, THE INKMARK 2026 FINALISTS! inkfoundry.net/inkmark-2026/

@fusionfragment.bsky.social

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Fusion Fragment

Woo happy to see FF as a semi-finalist but even happier to see @mruthrobinson.bsky.social and @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social repping FF as finalists in the story category!

InkFoundry@inkfoundry.bsky.social

The competition was *tough* and the panelists had an absolute blast! SO MAY I INTRODUCE, THE INKMARK 2026 FINALISTS! inkfoundry.net/inkmark-2026/

@mruthrobinson.bsky.social

Good lord, that's a lot of notifications

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M.R. Robinson

Delighted to see so many of my favorite magazines and authors on this list… alongside a story by yours truly! I’m in stellar company!

InkFoundry@inkfoundry.bsky.social

The competition was *tough* and the panelists had an absolute blast! SO MAY I INTRODUCE, THE INKMARK 2026 FINALISTS! inkfoundry.net/inkmark-2026/

@foofarawpress.bsky.social

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foofaraw press

Oh hey! I didn’t even realize @inkfoundry.bsky.social announced the finalists for the InkMark Awards today! (We are a sponsor, otherwise we would’ve ~~obviously~~ won 😝) Some terrific mags and wonderful stories listed here inkfoundry.net/inkmark-2026/

inkfoundry.netInkFoundryWelcome to Inkfoundry! A curated, searchable library of short fiction tagged and organized to help readers find stories and authors they'll love.

foofaraw press@foofarawpress.bsky.social

If you like short stories and aren't on InkFoundry, what are you doing with your life?

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emma burnett

@slashnburnett.bsky.social

Well, this is the coolest thing to wake up to! Thanks @inkfoundry.bsky.social for running this, and @mythaxis.bsky.social for publishing 25 Peppercorns. Check out this amazing list of magazines and stories and people! Plus you should noodle around InkFoundry, it’s wicked.

InkFoundry@inkfoundry.bsky.social

The competition was *tough* and the panelists had an absolute blast! SO MAY I INTRODUCE, THE INKMARK 2026 FINALISTS! inkfoundry.net/inkmark-2026/

@amulderwrites.bsky.social

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Allison Mulder

*stares fondly at all the magazine and individual writer finalists until--* OH, THAT'S MY NAME. Honored to be one of the story finalists for "Rewilding the Many Tethered Winds" at @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! 8D Thank you, @inkfoundry.bsky.social + Congrats and good luck to us all!

InkFoundry@inkfoundry.bsky.social

The competition was *tough* and the panelists had an absolute blast! SO MAY I INTRODUCE, THE INKMARK 2026 FINALISTS! inkfoundry.net/inkmark-2026/

@kaleidotrope.bsky.social

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Kaleidotrope

Kaleidotrope is now open to fiction and poetry submissions!

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Kristina Ten

@kristinaten.bsky.social

One year of Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine! In a moment of symmetry, I find myself exactly where I was 365 days ago: in a hotel not far from Stillhouse Press HQ, about to head out for a talk at a university. Grateful for the places this book has brought me, the readers who’ve spent time with it.

online.fliphtml5.comIssue #19

This is one of my favorite pieces by Bruce Brenneise :)

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gwendolyn hicks

@prioryruins.bsky.social

NEW STORY DAY! "The Piercing" is about a fraught encounter at a party, about desire and blood, about trust and love. and obviously about piercing a stranger's ear in your best friend's bathroom. free to read today in The Ana. online.fliphtml5.com/gpvlj/xctj/

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Lauren Ring

@ringwrites.bsky.social

4 July 2025

authors: your work may have already had a huge impact on someone who youve never met and you will never know this unless they tell you readers: tell them

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foofaraw press

@foofarawpress.bsky.social

Very excited to announce the judges who will be joining us this year for our annual awards, The Foofs! Nominations open Nov 15th through Jan 15th so get your stories ready! @slashnburnett.bsky.social @erincairns.bsky.social @inkfoundry.bsky.social @hearthstories.bsky.social @ratbaglit.bsky.social

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Liam "far too bleak for us" Hogan

@liamjhogan.bsky.social

A "best of" selection of 14 short stories covering fantasy, science fiction, and horror, reviewed by @emmiechristie33.bsky.social for @inkfoundry.bsky.social ! If you're not read anything of mine for a while (and would like to) this is a great place to start! www.emmiechristie.com/short-fictio...

emmiechristie.comWriter Spotlight: Liam Hogan — Emmie ChristieWelcome to the 32nd installment of Writer Spotlight. This week’s focus is Liam Hogan. I’ve reviewed 14 of Hogan’s pieces, 12 on InkFoundry’s “Get WYSR” feed. (In case you didn’t know, InkFoundry i...

Emmie Christie@emmiechristie33.bsky.social

And lastly, my overall Spotlight for Liam Hogan! @liamjhogan.bsky.social Thank you Liam, it was a delight! www.emmiechristie.com/short-fictio...

emmiechristie.comWriter Spotlight: Liam Hogan — Emmie ChristieWelcome to the 32nd installment of Writer Spotlight. This week’s focus is Liam Hogan. I’ve reviewed 14 of Hogan’s pieces, all of them individually on InkFoundry’s “Get WYSR” feed. (In case you did...

Inkmark finalists are going to be announced this week!!!!

12 Sept

Speculative Fiction about Fiber Arts! I think this is gonna be one of the most popular directories yet!

sciencefictionweekly.comFree short science fiction, published weekly · Science Fiction WeeklyScience Fiction Weekly publishes a free short story every weekday and a curated digest every Sunday. Subscribe by email.

30 July

Yep, this is indeed theft.

Beth Cato@bethcato.bsky.social

Hey! If you were published at Daily Science Fiction, be aware that a site called Science Fiction Weekly has stolen the entire story database & posted it on their site. All of my DSF stories are there without my permission. sciencefictionweekly.com

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Beth Cato

@bethcato.bsky.social

30 July

@adventitiouswords.bsky.social

28 July

This is so exciting!!! If you love storytelling and telling stories, check it out!

Catherine Tavares@cjtavares.bsky.social

Massive thanks to @inkfoundry.bsky.social for letting me guide players to the site and to the authors who donated their stories to the Starter Pack Collection there: @danielausema.bsky.social Stewart C. Baker @mynachang.bsky.social @emmiechristie33.bsky.social @cornellwriter.bsky.social...

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Catherine Tavares

@cjtavares.bsky.social

28 July

Replying to @cjtavares.bsky.social

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Adventitious

21 July

I'm...I'm...just bein' honest. www.patreon.com/Adventitious...

patreon.comI don't really know what to do about AI stories either. | AdventitiousSo, it's possible that there is no honest, ethical way to combat AI stories flooding into short story markets. It's been about three years s

Only 10 hours left!!!! Get in there! inkfoundry.net/the-inkmark/

patreon.comA Little Chat: Genre Fic in the Age of Slop | Dorian DawesThere is a scene in Alan Moore and David Lloyd’s V For Vendetta that is very different from how it was adapted in the 2005 film. Our eponymo

🧵 I DON'T think it's malice, cowardice, or the tendency towards slop that sunk AI's claws into our markets. The problem ISN'T that published fiction doesn't hit hard or doesnt tell good stories.

Dorian Dawes@doriandawes.bsky.social

Hi, SFF Apex, Bona Books, Agita Publishing, And all the others who have gotten tricked by AI, Let's have a nice talk.

I hope this means that humans will get better at communicating. That human error itself becomes a valuable tool by which we communicate and learn to better ourselves and each other.

Because the alternative means we all become so insecure and afraid of critique and being wrong that we're afraid to even try and make something better than what a glorified calculator manages to sludge out.

🧵 I DON'T think it's malice, cowardice, or the tendency towards slop that sunk AI's claws into our markets. The problem ISN'T that published fiction doesn't hit hard or doesnt tell good stories.

Dorian Dawes@doriandawes.bsky.social

Hi, SFF Apex, Bona Books, Agita Publishing, And all the others who have gotten tricked by AI, Let's have a nice talk.

I very much doubt any of these AI stories get championed by slush readers. I very much doubt they have a slusher passing a note up with "Please, oh please, oh _pleeeeease_" but I bet another story in the same issue will have. Because the time saved from one will have been spent on another.

So. Beating on magazines for not 'being better' is not the issue. Every magazine that takes down an AI story is making a promise to work even harder, to train even harder, to take _more_ time in their allotted hours on this earth to _try_ make sure that it doesnt happen again.

🧵 I DON'T think it's malice, cowardice, or the tendency towards slop that sunk AI's claws into our markets. The problem ISN'T that published fiction doesn't hit hard or doesnt tell good stories.

Dorian Dawes@doriandawes.bsky.social

Hi, SFF Apex, Bona Books, Agita Publishing, And all the others who have gotten tricked by AI, Let's have a nice talk.

So. AI. _Looks_ like a story. In a pile of 11 other amazing human crafted stories it will always stand out to tired, anxious eyes as 'no gaps, no big typos, nothing stands out.' Despite the fact it has no character development, no stakes, no theme, no background. Smooth-the appearance of polished.

The writing is objectively bad. It makes no sense. The story moved forward to an ending, yet it is directionless and builds to what seems a poignantly pithy nothing ending, it requires absolutely no further input or communication from the author because there is no author input to begin with.

🧵 I DON'T think it's malice, cowardice, or the tendency towards slop that sunk AI's claws into our markets. The problem ISN'T that published fiction doesn't hit hard or doesnt tell good stories.

Dorian Dawes@doriandawes.bsky.social

Hi, SFF Apex, Bona Books, Agita Publishing, And all the others who have gotten tricked by AI, Let's have a nice talk.

It's is not often done. At least in my experience. It's too hard to know how someone will react to critique, or how much money and resources (because time is the BIGGEST resource drain in this space) it will take to make this story feel smooth and complete and slot in with the table of contents.

So everyone, for good and solid and kind reasons, errs on the side of 'the less editorial work we have to do, the more editorial work we can do.' (Because time is literally the resource _everyone_ is spending here, from author to reader and every step in between)

🧵 I DON'T think it's malice, cowardice, or the tendency towards slop that sunk AI's claws into our markets. The problem ISN'T that published fiction doesn't hit hard or doesnt tell good stories.

Dorian Dawes@doriandawes.bsky.social

Hi, SFF Apex, Bona Books, Agita Publishing, And all the others who have gotten tricked by AI, Let's have a nice talk.

They will read dozens of stories at a time, hoping to add value to the magazine that they are passionately working for, usually for free. And they will _frequently_ see stories they adore. That they want to champion and push through all the way to publication....

With just _one_ problem. Something is missing. Someone is missing. There's a continuity error, or a plot hole, or the pacing is just a nudge off. Which means reaching out to the author, communicating with the unknown, not quite signing the contract until the problem can be fixed. Months could pass.

🧵 I DON'T think it's malice, cowardice, or the tendency towards slop that sunk AI's claws into our markets. The problem ISN'T that published fiction doesn't hit hard or doesnt tell good stories.

Dorian Dawes@doriandawes.bsky.social

Hi, SFF Apex, Bona Books, Agita Publishing, And all the others who have gotten tricked by AI, Let's have a nice talk.

The resources that sustained and celebrated SFF the so called "golden" and "silver" age simply arent here anymore and the _vast_ majority of work done in the space is at-cost. Slush readers are looking for quality content, that is their whole job.

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Cast of Wonders

@castofwonders.org

@emmiechristie33.bsky.social

Some thoughts on this. There's an old saying that springs to mind: the future is already here, but it's unevenly distributed. * awareness of AI tells in fiction. How widespread was this knowledge two years ago? It's still not as widespread as it needs to be within slushpiles

Dorian Dawes@doriandawes.bsky.social

Hi, SFF Apex, Bona Books, Agita Publishing, And all the others who have gotten tricked by AI, Let's have a nice talk.

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Emmie Christie

12 July

😏🤭

13 July

We hunger for storiesssssss :)

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12 July

Final 3 days to enter the Inkmark! We still have plenty of room! inkfoundry.net/the-inkmark/

Apex Magazine and Book Company

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@apexmag.bsky.social

10 July

We have decided to remove a short story from Issue 153 of Apex Magazine. After meeting with our reading and editorial teams, we'd like to share with you what happened, and importantly, how we plan to move forward from here. Thank you for sticking with us. 💜👽

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Jennifer Hudak

@jenniferhudak.bsky.social

10 July

I still really love this story. I only wish it still weren’t so relevant.

Kaleidotrope@kaleidotrope.bsky.social

"The first time flowers sprouted from Lisa’s body, she was just a girl, sitting in front of the TV while her parents fought in the kitchen." "Lisa's Garden" by @jenniferhudak.bsky.social

kaleidotrope.net“Lisa’s Garden” by Jennifer Hudak